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Toyota FCHV-adv cruises in California, wind-powered hydrogen on the horizon

While hydrogen cars from Toyota, Nissan and Honda were driving the 707 miles from Tokyo to Osaka, another group of H2 vehicles from the U.S. DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) was in California conducting a research test drive. The two Toyota Highlander FCHV-adv models proved they could go at least 431 miles per tank, which equals about 68 mpg. The SUVs "mimic[ed] a typical commuter's drive, the route included high-speed highway driving, moderate highway driving, and stop-and-go ... Read more →

Fuel cell vehicles finish 707-mile demonstration run in Japan Sam Abuelsamid

Toyota, Nissan and Honda all participated in a fuel cell demonstration run in Japan last week. The three automakers brought their most advanced hydrogen fuel cell vehicles out for the two-day trip ...

Toyota to launch battery electric vehicle in 2012, fuel cell in 2015 Sam Abuelsamid

Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager of the Toyota brand, came to Detroit on Monday to have lunch with some local media. Among the topics of discussion at the gathering were Toyota's ...

Editorial: Henderson's fuel cell 10X cost comments are out of context Sam Abuelsamid

The other day we reported on an interview with General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson published in the Washington Post. While most of the discussion focused on the bailout and bankruptcy, from the ...

Two years in, hydrogen fuel cell bet causing some strangeness Sebastian Blanco

It's difficult to pick the strangest part of Greg Blencoe's post today about his ongoing bet with Joe Romm over the viability of hydrogen cars. It could be the hubris, the feeling of unquestioned ...

Congress restores hydrogen funding with $187 million in appropriations bill 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is not getting his way in Washington. Recently (and, at this point, still allegedly) he said that he "would put every cent into electric cars." The Senate, though, has other plans and has now restored almost all of the hydrogen funding money that the DOE ...

Chat with retiring GM research VP Larry Burns today at 3pm EDT 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Larry Burns has served as General Motors Vice president of research and development for 11 years, a tenure longer than anyone else since the original holder of that office, Charles Kettering. This fall however, Burns will be strolling off into the sunset as he has opted for retirement. Before he ...

Frankfurt 2009: all plugs and hybrids, no hydrogen 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's probable that, somewhere in the Frankfurt Messe this week, there are hydrogen-powered concept vehicles. From the headlines, though, it's clear that the world's automakers showing off their wares at the Frankfurt Motors Show are taking some time off from promoting the hydrogen fuel cell car ...

Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to ensure hydrogen funds invested wisely 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu doesn't think that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the best technology to funnel research and development funds into. Still, Chu doesn't plan to continue fighting with the lawmakers in Congress that voted to reinstate funding into hydrogen projects that ...

Hydrogen slogan contest voting begins; satire didn't make the cut 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Surprisingly (j/k), none of the satirical and funny submissions that AutoblogGreen readers posted in the comments of our original post on the California Fuel Cell Partnership's t-shirt contest made it to the final four. Instead, we have the potential winners seen above: Change. It's in the ...

Nobel Laureate Burton Richter: "Hydrogen fuel cells are losers" 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Even though there are plenty of reasons for automakers to promote using hydrogen fuel cells in vehicles, they certainly have their critics. Burton Richter, the Paul Pigott professor of the physical sciences and a Nobel Laureate, is one. Speaking to Greentech Media recently following a ...

Mercedes-Benz launches B-Class F-Cell, leases to begin in early 2010 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back in April, Mercedes-Benz announced via a short little blurb on a larger press release that it planned to begin small-scale series production of a new hydrogen fuel cell-powered automobile called the F-Cell. According to the German automaker, the car is just about ready to launch, with 200 ...

DOE launches $1 million Hydrogen Prize 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Steven Chu, head of the United Stated Department of Energy, doesn't want to spend huge sums of government money investing in hydrogen technology. That much is certain after Chu decided to slash DOE funding into hydrogen research, though a good deal was later restored in separate sessions by the ...

Honey, I shrunk the fuel cell! Next-gen GM hydrogen stack gets small 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

In spite of the cuts at General Motors over the past year, work has continued in the powertrain labs at the Warren, MI tech center on hydrogen fuel cells. Back in 2007, GM shifted much of its fuel cell work from the Honeoye Falls, NY research facility to the production engineering group in ...

Honda: Fuel cells offer "the ultimate zero-emission car" 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Honda is not yet ready to concede victory in the eco-friendly automobile wars to the battery electric car. Instead, Honda will continue developing its hydrogen fuel cell technology. Says Takashi Moriya, head of Honda's fuel cell operations, "Fuel-cell cars will become necessary. We're ...

Japanese oil, gas companies will tackle hydrogen fueling infrastructure 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

- A consortium of 13 Japanese oil and gas companies are joining forces in an effort to commercialize technologies enabling hydrogen vehicles to be conveniently refueled by 2015. Coincidentally (or not), that date goes hand-in-hand with Toyota's target for selling hydrogen vehicles on the ...

Kia: Mass-produced fuel cell cars would cost $50,000 today 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Let's face it: Hydrogen technology still has a ways to go before there's any real chance that we'll all be driving fuel cell cars in lieu of electric or fossil fuel-burning machines. Chief among the issues confronting the widespread adoption of hydrogen for automotive use is cost, though that ...

First Drive: VW Passat Ling Yu - The technology of tomorrow in the car of today 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

In many ways the automotive world – like most industries – runs like 19th century Europe: wars, skirmishes, diplomacy, assignations, shifting alliances, double dealing, imperialism. Everybody wants something the other guy has, and they'll occasionally exercise some ruthless tactics ...

Toyota reaffirms 2015 release of new hydrogen car 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

- In 2007, Toyota drove one of its hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from Alaska to Vancouver, British Columbia. Earlier that same year, a Toyota FCHV drove from Tokyo to Osaka on one tank of H2. The company is certainly in favor of at least researching the technology, and has repeatedly said that it ...

Vancouver 2009: California Fuel Cell Partnership member describes the long drive 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

As the hoopla surrounding the arrival of the hydrogen fuel cell caravan began to die down at the Vancouver Convention Center yesterday, we ran into Roy Kim from the California Fuel Cell Partnership. Kim was along for all 1,700 miles of the whole Road Tour and was ready to go back to a normal ...

Jesse James plans land-speed record for hydrogen-powered streamliner 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Famous motorcycle builder and all-around celebrity Jesse James plans to attempt a new world record top speed run for a hydrogen-powered vehicle later this month on a dry lake bed somewhere in California. The actual car being used is a former land speeder called the Dees-Milodon Engineering-Davis B ...

Hydrogen Road Tour: How can H2 cars can go 1,700 miles? Use a tanker truck 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Hydrogen Road Tour is scheduled to roll into the Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2009 here in Vancouver tomorrow after 1,700 miles and nine days on the road. But, with the range of even the best hydrogen vehicles in the hundreds of miles and H2 stations not exactly around every corner, we were curious ...

Institute of Mechanical Engineers: Electric cars aren't enough (w/POLL) 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to a recent survey from the Royal Automobile Club Foundation in the UK, there will be lots of people who want to buy electric vehicles but are going to get frustrated by the long delay in getting EVs ready for mass consumption. That's a problem, but the Institute of Mechanical Engineers ...

Malcolm Bricklin has hydrogen visions for displaced Chrysler and GM dealerships 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Add serial entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin to the list of people interested in getting a crack at the 2,000 or so automotive dealerships that are scheduled to be shut down by either General Motors or Chrysler in short order. Unlike most other interested parties, though, Bricklin's plan would also ...

Byron McCormick resigns after DoE terminates funding for fuel cells 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, the federal government decided to shift the focus away from hydrogen and onto plug-in vehicles. This week, J. Byron McCormick has resigned from the U.S. Energy Department's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee to protest this decision, saying he's "both perplexed and ...

Hydrogen advocate responds to DOE funding cut 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

AutoblogGreen reader responses to the huge cut in DOE hydrogen vehicle spending was mixed, but mostly in favor of shifting limited federal money away from H2 and into batteries and cars with plugs. Strong hydrogen vehicle advocate Greg Blencoe is keeping up the fight, though, and has written a ...

Oh, if only the beautiful FCX Clarity came with a plug 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The LA Times' Dan Neil loves electric cars. He also loves just how beautiful the Honda FCX Clarity is. What he doesn't like is that the Clarity uses a hydrogen fuel cell. Plug In America's Paul Scott, writing as an individual, not on behalf of PIA, I hasten to add, says that Neil's recent ...

Clarkson explains himself in written Tesla review, loves hydrogen 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Just when we thought the whole sordid ordeal was over and done with, Jeremy Clarkson has stirred the pot again, this time in print for his regular column at the Times. We're referring once again to the Top Gear review of the Tesla Roadster, which sparked controversy after showing a scene of the ...

VIDEO: Top Gear tests the Honda FCX Clarity 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier today, we showed you Top Gear's first test of the Tesla Roadster. In that clip, it was alluded to that there would be something later in the same episode that would render the Roadster completely irrelevant. Here it is: the Honda FCX Clarity, which is also electric but gets its charge ...

SEMA 2008: Ronn Motors shows off its Scorpion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ronn Motors has delivered on at least one of its ambitious promises by delivering a real concept car to the SEMA Show that's currently taking place in Las Vegas. For its next trick, the fledgling automaker will try and convince those of us who are skeptical that its on-demand hydrogen ...

First Drive: Daimler F-Cell, Hyundai FCEV, Toyota FCHV and GM HydroGen4 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The hydrogen economy seems to be very far away into the future, if it ever comes to fruition at all. If hydrogen is going to make a significant impact as a major source of energy, an infrastructure for getting the hydrogen to consumers will be a necessity, as will the solutions to complex ...

Honda sabotaging its own FCX Clarity? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hold on to your hats and get ready for two conspiracy theories regarding two of Honda's green car projects. That's right, and they both come from the same source, a man named Edwin Black. While the first theory questioning Honda's true green allegiances revolved the compressed natural ...

First keys delivered to customer for Honda FCX Clarity 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The very first set of keys for Honda's brand new FCX Clarity have been delivered to film producer Ron Yerxa and Annette Ballester. The duo took delivery of their new hydrogen fuel cell-powered FCX Clarity on Friday, July 25, 2008 at Honda of Santa Monica. Now that the first production second-gen ...

Popular Mechanics to debunk the "run your car on water" myth 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A quick Google search is all that is required to find hundreds of stories of people who claim to have increased their fuel mileage by installing a hydrogen generator which extracts hydrogen and oxygen from water and funnels the gas into the engine. Some of the claims are pretty wild, and the ...

Guardian Unlimited on the snags in the hydrogen ecnomy 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, Bibi van der Zee, a writer for the Guardian Unlimited, took a test drive in one of BMW's Hydrogen 7s. It's a damn comfortable ride, as I experienced at the AFVI conference a few months ago. Van der Zee calls the chance "irresistible," but quickly confronted the question (as we all must ...

Will the line start forming now to lease a new Honda FCX? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Motor Trend has written a little piece on Honda's latest generation of the FCX, a vehicle powered by electricity which is generated by a hydrogen fuel cell. Honda is claiming that the vehicle would get the equivalent of 68 miles per gallon, if, of course, it were powered by X gallons of gas and not ...

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